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The cut-out brood has open larvae cells and open cells on the bottom of the comb that looks wet inside. I'm hoping the swarm was just cold since the temperature dropped and the wind picked up since...

I did my first cut-out on Wednesday the 20th in an old barn wall. I cut what little brood there was and rubber banded it in frames then gathered up as many bees as I could with a brush and cup not...

It a beautiful day to remove bees from an old barn wall here in central tx but I'm worried the wind is blowing to hard! Can I remove these bees or should I wait for a more calmer day?

I went to a friends house today who is uneducated on bees and proper removals to discover a 6+ year old hive that was destroyed in an attempted removal/killing. I was disappointed to find that that...

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Well I did a cut-out and I'm not sure how successful its going to turn out. I cut the brood out and tied it in the frames with rubber bands. I tried to do it as cleanly as possible but it...

If they are AHB, what would be the best way to proceed? They could be AHB but they showed no aggression or slight interest in me when I was working around them at close ranges of a few feet!

Rader..yea I think the bees have been there a while. They were pretty active when I put out the hive and saw several bees that I thought to be large than normal. My guess is that they are drones....

Hmm..I'm fairly new at this and never heard of a queen catcher but that sound like an option!

I have an established colony of bees in my water meter cover and have purchased a 10 frame hive to house them. I'm try to lure them with pheromones and feeding before I have to manually transfer...